Sunday, 18 August 2013

Time Between Us by Tamara Ireland Stone

Anna and Bennett were
never supposed to meet: she lives in 1995 Chicago and he lives in 2012
San Francisco. But Bennett has the unique ability to travel through time
and space, which brings him into Anna’s life, and with him a new world
of adventure and possibility.As their relationship deepens, the
two face the reality that time may knock Bennett back to where he
belongs, even as a devastating crisis throws everything they believe
into question. Against a ticking clock, Anna and Bennett are forced to
ask themselves how far they can push the bounds of fate, what
consequences they can bear in order to stay together, and whether their
love can stand the test of time.Fresh, exciting, and deeply
romantic, Time Between Us is a stunning, spellbinding debut from an
extraordinary new voice in YA fiction.

With time travel being the main aspect of this story, I was hesitant whether
or not I should devout my time on this. Tempest - the first time travel story
I've read - fell short with its concept and protagonist. But luckily, I didn't
experience that with this one.

Our protagonist, Anna and love interest, Bennett were flawed and realistic
characters. Their love story was just so cute. Okay, maybe not cute, but their relationship was the one that make you sigh dreamily. When I was first heading into this
book, I assumed that this book was just romance driven, no actual plot driving
it forward. But, nope, I was in for a surprise. There was so much depth into
this story and a surprising twist towards the end that made this book one of my
favourites of this year. If I had my own copy of this, I'd be glad to read this
again.

Excellent writing, captivating love story and moments where you just want to
clutch this book to your chest, I have to say that this needs to be own your
bookshelf. Not as a book that should be collecting dust, but should be readily
prepared to be your next read.

6 comments:

Huh, I had no idea this was a time travel story! I guess I've never read the synopsis before and always assumed it was contemporary based off the cover, heh. Pretty sure this is the first review I've read for it - it sounds fantastic! I love surprising twists!!

Ooh, this sounds fantastic! I too am wary of Time Travel after to many bad books... but this one looks like a gem :) I also love that you said it has depth, which I find important. Thanks for the review Holly!